Secular trends in colon and rectal cancer relative survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment options for colorectal cancer (CRC) have improved substantially over the past 25 years. Measuring the impact of these improvements on survival outcomes is challenging, however, against the background of overall survival gains from advancements in the prevention, screening, and treatment of other conditions. Relative survival is a metric that accounts for these concurrent changes, allowing assessment of changes in CRC survival. We describe stage- and location-specific trends in relative survival after CRC diagnosis.

Methods

We analyzed survival outcomes for 233965 people in the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program who were diagnosed with CRC between January 1, 1975, and December 31, 2003. All models were adjusted for sex, race (black v

SUBMITTER: Rutter CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3848985 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature